SEPTEMBER 2011 Current Releases Bob Varner and Jim Varner's current releases: * 2009 Amphitheater Block    Chardonnay * 2009 Home Block     Chardonnay * 2009 Bee Block Chardonnay * 2009 Neely Holly's Cuvée    Chardonnay   Please Note: Unfortunately the 2009 Chardonnays are sold out. There still may be some available in retail stores. For locations, please email us at jv@varnerwine.com and we will respond by return email. Thank you for all your support! Bob Varner | Jim Varner * Current Releases - 2009 Varner Chardonnays   2009 Amphitheater Block Chardonnay - Sold Out • $558 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $284 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    2009 Home Block Chardonnay- Sold Out • $558 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $284 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    2009 Bee Block Chardonnay - Sold Out • $568 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $288 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    2009 Chardonnay - Mixed Case - Sold Out • 6 Bottles 2009 Home Block Chardonnay • 6 Bottles 2009 Bee Block Chardonnay • 12 Bottles - $562    Price includes shipping.    2009 Chardonnay - Mixed Half-Case - Sold Out • 3 Bottles 2008 Home Block Chardonnay • 3 Bottles 2008 Bee Block Chardonnay • 6 Bottles - $286    Price includes shipping. * Current Releases - Neely 2009 Neely Holly's Cuvée Chardonnay - Sold Out • $568 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $288 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    2008 Neely Pinot Noirs 2008 Neely Hidden Block Pinot Noir    • $498 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $254 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    2008 Neely Picnic Block Pinot Noir • $498 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $254 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    2008 Neely Upper Picnic Pinot Noir • $498 per Case    Price includes shipping.    • $254 per 6-Pack    Price includes shipping.    Foxglove 2009 Foxglove Chardonnay, Central Coast • $186 per case    Price includes shipping.    2009 Foxglove Zinfandel, Paso Robles • $186 per case    Price includes shipping.    2009 Foxglove Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles • $186 per case    Price includes shipping.      Back to top Order Information By law, not all states allow direct shipments of wine. At this time, we can ship directly to: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Colombia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Join Our Mailing List We invite you to take a moment to join our mailing list. We will let you know as new releases of Varner wine become available. For more information about ordering, contact Jim Varner: • Email: jv@varnerwine.com • Phone: (650) 321-4894 • Fax: (650) 321-4893 Varner Wine 648 Menlo Avenue, Suite 5 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Back to top Varner Wine Photographs BOB VARNER WORKING IN THE VINEYARD DURING THE PINOT HARVEST.   JIM VARNER ENJOYING SERVING VARNER CHARDONNAY IN A BLIND TASTING.   BOB VARNER PUNCHING DOWN THE PINOT NOIR.   Back to top © 2011 Varner Wine · Web Design and Photography by Diane Varner

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Decanter - September 2011
Varner Home Block 2008
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Wine & Spirits 2011
100 Best Wines - Varner Chardonnay
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Food & Wine - July 2011
10 Winning Whites
Foxglove Chardonnay
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Decanter - June 2011
The Rise of the Underdogs
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Golf Magazine - April 2011
2009 Foxglove Chardonnay
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Food & Wine Blog
2009 Foxglove Zinfandel
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SF Chronicle
Top 100 Wines - 2010

Varner Chardonnays
Receive High Scores
from Robert Parker
September 2010

2008 Varner Chardonnay Bee Block 97 Points "The prodigious 2008 Chardonnay Bee Block is one of the greatest Chardonnays I have tasted this year." — Robert Parker * 2008 Varner Chardonnay Amphitheater Block 93 Points ...reveals serious notes of lemon butter, white peaches, crushed rocks, flowers, brioche, and pineapple... an impressive texture, and a long finish... * 2008 Varner Chardonnay Home Block 95 Points With wonderful minerality, purity, and delineation, this full-bodied, powerful, long, rich Chardonnay should age for a decade. * * *

Varner Wines
Receive High Scores
from Robert Parker
February 2010

2007 Varner Chardonnay Bee Block 95 Points The incredible 2007 Chardonnay Bee Block is a tour de force in mountain Chardonnay... * 2007 Varner Chardonnay Amphitheater Block 94 Points ...reveals tremendous minerality as well as abundant buttery lemon oil notes... * 2007 Varner Chardonnay Home Block 91+ Points Even better is the crisp, elegant, fresh 2007 Chardonnay Home Block... * * *

Foxglove Wines
Receive High Scores
from Robert Parker
September 2009

2008 Foxglove Chardonnay 91 Points The sensational 2008 Chardonnay Central Coast ...is a 30,000-cuvee of fabulous Chardonnay. * 2007 Foxglove Cabernet-Sauvignon 89 Points The wine is luscious and medium to full-bodied... Drink it over the next 2-4 years... * 2007 Foxglove Zinfandel 90 Points The outstanding 2007 Zinfandel (86% Zinfandel and 14% Petite Sirah) is another winner and phenomenal bargain. * * *

Food & Wine
Honors 8 Great-Value
American Wines
Richard Nalley - 2009

2007 Foxglove Zinfandel Bob and Jim Varner of Varner Wine know what’s right with Zinfandel...

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2008 Foxglove
Chardonnay
Featured on
the Today Show

Toasting the
End of Summer 2009

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Wines Under $20
by Howard G. Goldberg
NY Times - March 2009

2007 Foxglove Chardonnay ...this smooth Central Coast wine is redolent of tropical fruit

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Food & Wine Magazine
"Tasting Room"
Ray Isle - January 2009

2007 Foxglove Paso Robles Zinfandel... “Knockout affordable Zinfandel”

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2007 Foxglove Chardonnay
90 points - Robert Parker

“Perhaps the great value in Chardonnay in the market- place today, this wine, made by the highly talented Varner Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains, comes from fruit accessed in California’s Edna Valley. With malolactic blocked but with lees stirring, this 25,000-case cuvee provides terrific notes of tropical fruit and poached pear in a fleshy, medium-bodied style with obvious minerality and precision. This is a remarkable effort that is fresh, lively, and best drunk over the next 1-2 years.” — Robert Parker     Wine Advocate #178     August 2008

  
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Food & Wine Magazine
Awards 2007 Foxglove
Chardonnay

Food and Wine Magazineawarded 2007 Foxglove Chardonnay with “Best Wines for Under $20”

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Jon Bonné
San Francisco Chronicle
September 2008

Bob and Jim Varner—
Mission: To grow perfect
Chardonnay fruit, then leave it be

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2008 Pinot Harvest Blog

Bob Varner is blogging about
this year's pinot harvest
and winemaking.
Read his entries:

A Quiet Time to Reflect
Sampling Update
Now It Feels Like Harvest
Mid-Harvest Mode
What Kind of Year Is It?

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Jon Bonné
SF Gate: The Cellarist
September 2008

The 2005 Varner
Hidden Block Pinot Noir...
one of those stunning efforts.

Robert Parker
Wine Advocate

“This is one the most impressive wineries situated in the cool, high elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains ” — Robert Parker     August 31, 2007

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2005
Amphitheater Chardonnay
94 Points
Bee Block Chardonnay
94 Points
Home Block Chardonnay
95 Points
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2004
Amphitheater Chardonnay
93 Points
Bee Block Chardonnay
91 Points
Home Block Chardonnay
95 Points

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“2006 Foxglove Chardonnay ...is one of the great values in Chardonnay today.” — Robert Parker     August 31, 2007

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2006 Foxglove Chardonnay
90 Points
2005 Foxglove Chardonnay
90 Points

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Patrick Comiskey
Los Angeles Times

“With its gentle florals of violets and savory, wild cherry flavors, the 2004 Varner Pinot is cool, poised, unique. ” — Patrick Comiskey     April 25, 2007

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Food & Wine Magazine

2006 Foxglove Chardonnay received Star Selections Read more...